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CURRENT MOTOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23. 1916. RENEWED 1UNEI3. 1918.

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CURRENT-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application led October 23, 1916, Serial No. 127,195. Renewed June 13,1918. Serial No. 239,894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORA SoNNERs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cody, in the county of Park and State of Wyoming, haveinvented a new and useful Current-Motor, of which the following' is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a current motor of novelconstruction arranged to produce a reciprocating action which isutilized in operating a reciprocating pump or the like. It is a furtherobject of my invention to provide a novel combination and arrangement ofparts as hereinafter set forth in connection with the accompanyingdrawings illustrative of the invention, in which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation of the invention as it appears at the middle of the stroke;Fig. 2 is a top plan of same; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a suitable arm 1 tothe ends of which are fastened vanes 2 and 3. Arm 1 is suitably securedby bolt 6 to link 7, which in turn is pivotally attached to link S bymember 9. Link 8 is secured to a suitable bolt 10 which extends throughbeam 11, in which it is loosely mounted. To the upper end of bolt 10 isconnected a connecting rod 14 by means of arm 12 which is fastened tothe bolt 10 by suitable fastening members 13. A rocker vane 4 having areinforcing member 5 on its upper portion is secured to link 7 in aposition at right angles to that of vanes 2 and 3.

The motor is illustrated in Fig. 1 at the middle of its stroke with vane3 submerged and traveling downstream while vane 2 is out of the waterand traveling in an opposite direction. The edge of rocker vane 4 isdirectly in line with the current when the motor is at the middle of itsstroke as shown in this view. When vane 3 has traveled to a positionabout 45 degrees from that illustarted in Fig. 1, the increasing forceof the water moving against rocker vane 4 as it is turned to a positionto oppose the current causes vane 3 to leave the water and vane 2 tosubmerge. The device then commences to operate in a reverse direction tothat just described, vane 2 traveling downstream until the rocker vane 4has been turned about to a suicient extent to again bring vane 3 intoaction. Arm 1 which is thus given a reciprocatory motion likewisereciprocally moves links 7 and 8, bolt 10, arm 12 and connecting rod 14which latter member actuates the pump that is operated by the motor.

What I claim is:

1. In a current motor, the combination of spaced vanes, an arm to whichthe vanes are fastened, a rocker vane positioned substantially midwaybetween the aforesaid vanes and at substantially right angles thereto, aconnecting rod for operatively connecting the current motor with adevice to be actuated thereby, and means operatively connecting thevanes and arm to the connecting rod.

2. In a current motor, the combination of an arm, vanes attached atopposite ends of the arm, a link to which the arm is secured, a rockervane depending below the link and positioned substantially at rightangles to and approximately midwayl between the first-mentioned vanes, asecond link from which the first link is pivotally suspended, and meansoperatively connecting the second link with and reciprocally actuatingany desired machine.

3. In a current motor, the combination of an arm, spaced vanes attachedto the arm, means for suspending the arm in position to submerge one ofthe vanes, and a rocker vane depending approximately midway between andat right angles to the spaced vanes.

4. In a current motor, the combination of a reciprocally movingconnecting rod, an arm attached thereto, a supporting beam, a boltmember loosely mounted in the beam to one end of which the arm issecured, a link depending from the lower end of the bolt member, asecond link pivotally suspended from the first link, an arm havingspaced vanes, a rocker vane arranged approximately midway between and atapproximately right angles to the spaced vanes, and means for fasteningthe aforesaid vanes to the second link, for the purposes described.

Witnesses:

E. S. HooPEs, R. L. DoNLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, l Washington, ZD. C.

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